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STATES vVILLIAM A, NoBBIS, OF GARLAND,

OHIo, ASSIGNoR oF oNEHAF To DANIEL B. YoUNoE, OF SAME PLAoE. P

wIRE FENcE.

oifizen of tho IInited SfoteS, residing of Garland, in tho ooonty of fian1i and State of S ohfo, hove invonted ooftain neyv and osefu] I[nprovelnenfsin vvire enoeS and I do here by deolaro tht tho foIlovving iS a fulI, olear, and exaof deSoription of the invet tion, Whioh win enable otherS skilled in tho rt to Whioh it appertaioSfo mako ond nSe t 11e Sn1o,roferenco being hod to the aoooIhpanying dfalW ingS, nd to fho letterS and gnreS of 1'eferenoo n1arked thereon, Whioh form a )art of this Spooifiootion.

ffy invention rolotoS to in1provenentS in stoyS foI' Wire fonoes, the npper StoyS oon prising a Series of intorlinked like Stoys hoving eyeS in the end for ongage[nent, the body tvvisted and torIninating of the oentor in paralle] endS, aj11d a rigid Stay foI' tho bottom runnerS, With an eye of tho top, and binding vvireS Seourod vvithin tho tvviStedbody of Said rigid Stay, and the lovvor endS odapted to bo tvvisteo onto the Wer runner.

The objeot of my invention iS tho prodnotion of a oompleted Stay to engogo tho ontire series of rnnners, and for oonvenienf ottaoh- Inent thereto.

The objeot iS acoonlpliShed by the devioo illustrated in fhe aoooInponying drWfngS, iI1

Eigure I iS Sido vieW of the tWo formS of stoyS, the runnor being Shovvn in Seotion. ig. II iS aJ top view of tho binding-vviro.

Iike lefferS and numeralS deSignafo liko parts in the two viows.

ft A iS represenfod one of a SorieS of sfoys uSed to bind the opper SerieS of runoers, as 11Sed i11 the construofion of a vvire fenoe. The length Inay vary, but they are identioal in oonstruotion. The sfay ooInpriseS o singlo pieoo of Wire, having tWo loopS forIned of o diSfaI oo froIn tho endS. Said ondS aTe then tvviSted in forming the body, and terolinate 11eaI' the oenfer in aJ paraHe1 poSition at aJ Selio1 1`Tox 73,83or mo modell) In the illuStrationS 1 aind 2 re tho loops, l

and 3nd 4: tho paronel or bioding endS.

At 5, iI1 Eig. I, are,Shown in seotion the Series of runners. B iS the rigid lovver stoy,. nd ordinarily iS oonStrooted to ongage the fonr loWer 1'unners,bnf moy embraoe moro 01' leSS. This Sty oompriSeS al Singlo pieoe of Wire. A loop is formed at itS oonfer,the vvire is ffrSt entel'ed into tho loop of oJ fe11oW Sfoy,tho Wiro iS then tWisfed togethor for a diStanoo, ondover one portion of Said Stay oo fS poSsedfhe binding-vvire 0, anofher SuitaJblo diStanoo the vfiro iS tvviSted ond an ofher binding-Wiro is plaoed on in tho Samo mnner the vvire iS fhoI1tvviSted a forther dfStonoo, andfnany the endS afe left opart to posS over the ovvest runner, and the ends aro bent about tho runner aS of 8, to eifeot a Seouro faStening. Tho binding Wire 0 iS formed of Single pieoo of Wiro and iS oom prisod of ooil of itS oenter, Wit11 paranel ondS 6 and 7 adopted to oTobfaoo tho runner. ThiS fS p1oed on ono Strond of tho figid Sfay z in such mannef aS to en1braoo tho ofhor Strand. Tho runnef iS plaood botWeon theso ondS, and they aro bont` aroond too saIIle fo Seonro the Stay to the fonner. Tho

Single piece of Wiro oompfising inforlooking oo loopS t both endS, th Wire tWiSted together to form the body, nd hving aranGl endS t a right angIe and eentral to the Sme and ada ted to be twiSted b0nt the runner, SubstntiUy as deScribed.

2. In a Wire fenee the combination of a se rieS of runnerS D, the inter10cking styS 1 With fl'ee endS to en age said TnnnerS and the ri id lOWer Stay B rovided vvith bindin to vireS to engage the 1OWer rnnners and the free endS to bind the 10West SubStntiy aS deSeribed.

In teStimon tht I Glaim the fore oin as m OWn I ax m si natnre in reSenee of tWo WitnesSeS.

XVILLIAM A. NORBIS. 

